Pro Hosting
Unix/FreeBSD Hosting
Unix Shared Web Hosting for Profis starting from £6.49 monthly
- up to 300 subdomains
- up to 50 GB disk space
- up to 1.000 e-mail accounts
Windows 2003 Hosting
Win2k3 Shared Web Hosting for Profis starting from £7.49 monthly
- up to 15 GB disk space
- MS SQL 2000 up to 200 MB
- Multi-Domain Mail
Where can you find the main differences between Unix and Windows Hosting?
You want to order a Shared Hosting Account but are not sure what to choose: Unix or Windows?
It's the same with the choice of your operating system for your local PC: you will have to have a look on the features and functions that you want to use. Of course, the operating system of your local PC does not have to match the OS of your hosting account. But perhaps it could help you to have a similar look and feel.
We prepared some of the main differences to help you with your decision:
| Unix | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | FreeBSD | Windows 2003 |
| Webserver | Apache | Internet Information Server (IIS) |
| Programming languages | PHP 4/5, Perl, Python | .NET Framework 1.1. with ASP.NET 1.1 or .NET Framework 3.5 with ASP.NET 2.0, ASP.NET Ajax, ADO.NET, VB Script, Perl in CGI Modus, PHP5 (ISAPI/CGI) |
| Databases | MySQL | MS SQL 2000, ODBC (Access/FoxPro) |
| Subhosting | not supported | Multi-Site allows the hosting of multiple Websites in one AppPool |
| FrontPage/Expression Web Extensions | not supported | fully supported |
| Shared SSL Certificate** | yes | yes |
| E-Mail System | No difference, for both systems the e-mail system runs on a FreeBSD Server. | |
** Individual certificate requires purchase of an own certificate.
